In terms of sheer public dollars, state and local government are getting off relatively cheap, although you've got to keep in mind that the improvements are intended as a 10-year stop gap at the aging Ralph Wilson Stadium.

New York State and Erie County are on the hook for $95 million.

Compare that with Kansas City, where taxpayers spent $250 million to renovate Arrowhead Stadium.

Or the $160 million spent by taxpayers to renovate Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers.

Or the $548 million Minnesota taxpayers will pay for a new stadium for the Vikings.

The new Bills lease calls for the team to pay $35 million for stadium improvements - 27 percent of the total cost. That's a little less than the norm, as teams have picked up an average of 35 percent of the cost of stadium construction and renovations.